If a Lion Could Talk We Couldn't Understand it.

A well known philosophical idea states that if a lion could talk English we could not understand it. Many people disagree. But this statement is not as straightforward as you might expect. It is not talking literally about saying hello, good morning, to a lion, it is illustrating the significance of social circles.

To explain, turn on the radio to a chart show one Sunday afternoon. You could very likely hear something along the lines of,

"at number 1 this week is Lady Gaga with Born This Way after only releasing her single 2 days before the chart roundup. Text or Email the show at ..... or leave your comments on facebook. You can also tweet us with the hash tag of..."

Now we may very easily understand exactly what is being said but wake up Shakespeare, who was a great master of the English language and literature and he would struggle to understand a word of what was being said. So this explains my understanding of the saying "If a lion could talk, we could not understand it." Because the difference in day to day life and culture would be far too vast that the barrier would far supersede language alone.

How thick is your skin?

I have pondered the thought of having thick skin - the phrase used to describe someone who can take alot of abuse - for a long time now and come up with the conclusion that no one really has thick skin at all.
In fact as with most things in life how thick someones skin is, is really only the perception of somebody else, an onlooker or in most cases the disher out of the abuse.
     I have broke it down into 3 different category's in which i think everyone fits in.

Category 1 - This is the first stage of people, the paper thin skinned, the people who basically you wouldn't want to mess with. One wrong word and you risk a smack in the mouth. This category is made up of people who basically plain and simple cannot take any form of jive or insult and will take action towards anyone who does so.

Category 2 - The people in this category are basically the bullie victims. The people who every day walk into school and have insult and injury thrown at them. Now as i was saying about perception, if this person, sits and takes it, or whether they choose to try laugh it off, the harsh words affect them massively. But why are they not in category 2? Well the reason for this is because of perception. To everyone else they seem to have thick skin, because they sit and they take all the abuse given without a whisper until one day they come into school with a gun and shoot everyone who ever made them hurt, or cry when they got home. It can also include the general people who can admit that some things people say can affect them.

Category 3 - The thick skinned. ? This final category en captures all the people who would like to think they are thick skinned. The people who say and truly believe that nothing anyone says or does can affect them. Because i would have to find myself in that category. I'm confident in my self enough to let what most people say to me to wash over me harmlessly. But you see there is a part of every human somewhere that logs all those insults and jives and that is our subconscious. For example a professional football player at his best he thinks he can rival the best in the world but he is going through a rough patch and cannot find his form. Now he obviously is a very good player or he would not be a pro. But if a coach or more senior arrogant player in the team were to constantly bring him down every time he made a mistake or tried a trick and it didn't work do you think he would be as likely to try it the next time? No because subconsciously his confidence is down. No matter how much he believes in himself.

Or the words of a dying disappointed father to his multibillionare son. You see everyone on one level or another is affected by someone else. No one is immune. So remember that the next time you feel like saying a harsh word and bringing someone down.